Three Letters from the City: The St. Petersburg Poems, 1968-98

by Nathaniel Tarn

Poetry. Translation by Julia Kunina. Nathaniel Tarn is an American poet, translator, critic, and editor. He has travelled in Russia in 1968 and 1995 and twice in 1998. "Speaking the language/ of lineages ago/ language of exile/ no longer recognized:/ is this our language?/ It is, it IS the language,/ but it has grown to wood, / it misses the word "soul,"/ and everything dries up/ around that absence" -- from The Names Return. Other titles by Nathaniel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878460056
• ISBN13: 9781878460059
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Weaselsleeves Press
• Length: 101 Pages